sayın

Meaning

  1. A formal way of addressing a person or people in a formal context or in a starting of a speech, letter, message, memo, etc., honorable, dear, esteemed, fellow
  2. A formal honorific title used when talking about someone in a formal context

Frequency

A2
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Chagatai سایین (sayın, “good, well, distinguished”), from a Mongolic language (compare modern Mongolian сайн (sajn, “good, well”)). Cognate with Persian صائین (sâ'in, toponym of a settlement in Iran).

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